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I'd say a coupe close to that size (but may be closer to 30lbs) back in 2006, off Vancouver Island out of Port Renfrew, it was a great day of fishing. The two guys in the picture are my Brother and father In-Law; my brother want a picture so he could tell everyone he caught all the fish. He got stuck on the slow boat (slow meaning they were not catching fish) with my father In-Laws boss. He has no patience so he went further out to sea and they caught Coho all day. My brother was not happy with the results.17561636311_0_ALB.jpg87561636311_0_ALB.jpg

Hey Moskinya, looks like your a fellow California guy who fishes off Vancouver Island. That's where I've fished too. I fished out of Telegraph Cove. It's near Port McNeal. Looks like you had a great fishing day! Sorry about the Coho. Where I fish, all the non-hatchery Coho have to be released.

Hey Slant, sure, post the picture. I'll do my best. The height of the guys in the pic would help for reference.

Hey now, those are some NICE looking salmon! They're long, but it's difficult to tell how thick they are. Probably weigh a bit less when he caught them, then when they left the ocean. My guess would be that the two fish he's holding are 28-33 pounds. And the ones on the wood rack are all over 20lbs.

Those old photos are great, I never get tired of looking at them. Despite the fact their tackle was nowhere near what we have today, they still caught a lot of fish. Somewhere I saw a grainy black and white picture of a massive Sturgeon they caught a long time ago. The thing was incredibly huge! Looked like a frikkin' dinosaur. Had to have been at least 15 feet long! I don't know how they got that beast in, but those old boys did it. I'd LOVE to hear the story behind that fish, if anyone knows.....

That's a super cool pic Craig! JohnCo, those are land locked salmon if it's the Salmon river in Idaho. My biggest was about a 17" land locked Coho out of Maine on the Kenenbeck river. Haha! it weight in at around 2 lbs...LOL

It was on the river somewhere near Grants Pass, don't know the specifics. My sister caught a big one last year as well, the name of the river is on the tip of my tongue...........Ahhhh.... Major river!......I'll think of it.

An archer tries to see how far away he can get from his target and still connect. A bow hunter tries to see how close he can get to his.

It was on the river somewhere near Grants Pass, don't know the specifics. My sister caught a big one last year as well, the name of the river is on the tip of my tongue...........Ahhhh.... Major river!......I'll think of it.